Officials voiced privacy concerns over China’s blockchain-powered hospital

China’s first blockchain-powered hospital is set to launch sometime in 2021, but some government officials voiced concerns over data security.  According to Cn-Healthcare, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University will launch a pilot program by January 2021 as blockchain integration is still incomplete. The hospital will use the blockchain to store patient and treatment information. The operators also said that such a blockchain-powered platform will allow patients to access the so-called “internet hospital” services via a WeChat applet, whose blockchain network stores consultation and treatment data by aiming…